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Climate activists condemn spike in fossil fuel delegates at COP27

The ‘African COP’ is a mouthpiece for fossil fuel lobbyists rather than the victims of climate change, activists say.

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Fossil fuels hijack climate summit's upbeat resilience theme

There are more delegates from the oil industry than from most big countries

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COP27: how young climate activists are changing international human rights law

World leaders and climate scientists aren’t the only ones who have gathered in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, for the latest UN climate summit, COP27. Children and young people are also a big part of the conference.

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Finance a COP sticking point

The third day of the COP summit in Egypt saw signs of movement on climate finance and the resurrection of a controversy about the views of the World Bank president.

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‘Significant’ moves on climate disaster funds lift COP27 hopes

There have been small but symbolic moves at summit where finance is critical include new loss and damage money and debt relief.

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African nations tell COP27 fossil fuels will tackle poverty

African nations must be allowed to develop fossil fuel resources to help lift their people out of poverty, governments said at the COP27 climate talks in Egypt, which welcomed leaders of oil and gas companies sidelined at previous talks.

Reuters

Imprisoned activist’s lawyer denied access at Egyptian jail during climate summit – as it happened

British-Egyptian Alaa Abd el-Fattah, who has been on hunger strike for months, stopped drinking water when Cop27 began

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Big polluters need to pay up, say Aussies

Australians want wealthy polluters to help pay for the impact of climate damage, new research shows, as COP27 talks continue in Egypt.

AAP

Countries diverge on future climate finance at COP27

SHARM EL SHEIKH: High-level talks on scaling up finance for developing countries to green their economies and prepare for global warming impacts began Wednesday at the COP27 climate conference with negotiators differing on the funding's size and providers.

Bangkok Post

Tensions and war undermine climate cooperation – but there's a silver lining

In retrospect, last year’s climate talks in Glasgow look like a dream. International cooperation on methane emissions and deforestation. Acknowledgement of the urgency of the task. The world beginning to rise to the challenge, as it did to the pandemic.

The Conversation

At COP27, nuclear power industry vies for bigger role in decarbonizing planet

Nuclear energy supporters including politicians and activists sought to polish the industry's spotty image on Wednesday, using the COP27 climate summit in Egypt to argue that atomic power offers a safe and cost-efficient way to decarbonize the world.

Reuters

Explainer - COP27: How climate change impacts countries around the world

While delegates at the COP27 climate conference discuss the shared problem of climate change, each country will face its own challenges and threats.

Reuters

‘Significant’ moves on climate disaster funds lift Cop27 hopes

Small but symbolic moves at summit where finance is critical include new loss and damage money and debt relief

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Investors have trillions to fight climate change. Developing nations get little of it

Private investment is crucial to addressing climate change. But a big barrier to private investment in developing countries is the perception that risks are higher than in industrialized nations.

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Parts of Ireland that could be underwater by 2050 amid COP27 ‘climate crisis’ warning

The risk of rising sea levels and increased flooding threatens to have a dramatic impact on Ireland's coastlines over the coming decades. It comes as world leaders, including Taoiseach Micheal Martin, are at COP27 for negotiations on climate action.

Reuters

Show us the money: Developing world at COP27 seeks financing details

Finance took centre stage at the COP27 climate talks on Wednesday, with U.N. experts publishing a list of projects worth $120 billion that investors could back to help poorer countries cut emissions and adapt to the impacts of global warming.

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Cop27: ‘It’s humiliating’ – Indigenous voices say they are being ignored at climate summit – as it happened

A Kulkalgal activist from the Torres Strait Islands has said Indigenous people are ‘fighting for their homes’ as conference discussions focus on climate finance

Asharq Al-Awsat

3rd Day of COP27 Witnesses International Initiatives

The third day of the UN's climate change summit (COP27) in Sharm El-Sheikh witnessed several international proposals and initiatives in an effort to solve the exacerbating environmental crises. The participants discussed the Blue Mediterranean Partnership, which focuses on the Mediterranean countries and their marine environments and "displacement related to climate…

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The Latest | UN Climate Summit

A few dozen climate activists held a small protest on Wednesday calling on nations to accelerate the transition to clean energy

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How likely is progress on climate at Cop27?

Potential outcomes on 1.5C, climate finance, adaptation funding, loss and damage, World Bank reform and African gas

The Conversation

After decades putting the brakes on global action, does Australia deserve to host UN climate talks with Pacific nations?

As the COP27 climate talks got underway in Egypt this week, climate and energy minister Chris Bowen announced Australia would bid to co-host the annual United Nations climate summit with Pacific island nations in 2026.

The Guardian - UK

Climate finance and human rights fears: what happened on day two of Cop27?

Deep chasm emerges between long-time polluting rich states and developing countries on second full day of summit

The Independent UK

Takeaways: Bold proposals and 'net zero' criticism at COP27

The second day of leaders' speeches at the UN's climate conference included bold proposals, recommendations to crack down and standardize “net zero” claims and continued discussion about the situation of a jailed pro-democracy activist who is on a hunger and water strike

Reuters

Factbox-COP27: Which countries have offered 'loss and damage' funds?

As negotiators at COP27 wrangle over whether wealthy polluters should help vulnerable nations pay for costly extreme weather events fueled by climate change, a handful of small, European governments has stepped up to offer "loss and damage" funds.

AAP

New UN plan to stop corporate greenwashing

A United Nations panel tasked with shutting down down greenwashing has released a plan to hold the corporate world to account on their climate action promises.

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